Mike wanted to go out someplace nice for our anniversary. He chose this place and made the reservations. It is still very old school and reminds us both of Giovanni's (our old favorite fancy Italian restaurant).
I didn't take any photos because it would have seemed rude in a place this nice.
We both started with a cocktail and some arancini. The arancini was good but not my favorite. Mike thought they were really good.
They had a seafood special that I ordered. It was seafood pasta. It was good because it wasn't in a heavy cream sauce and I could still taste the seafood.
Mike ordered his favorite (veal saltimbocca). I was surprised by how small his serving was. The veal is pounded very thin and he literally only had about 8 bites of veal total on his plate. It came with a side of pasta.
We ordered a bottle of cabernet to drink with dinner.
We each got a dessert. I had creme brule and Mike had the house special cake. They were both good.
This is a nice, fancy dinner.
There were people here in t-shirts and jeans with children and lots of family members. I think they came here after a local holiday parade. That is not usually the case.
I was surprised that this place was rather uncrowded the entire evening (it was a Sat. night at 6:30). Maybe there are having a hard time. It is rather an old people type of restaurant. It would be sad if they closed, as there aren't any really "fancy" Italian restaurants on the Hill any more. I know the world is going more casual, but sometimes you just want to dress up and go out with other dressed up people.
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